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Cyprus 1985 legislative election

What was the result of the 1985 legislative election in Cyprus?

Democratic Rally won 19 of 56 seats with 33.6% of the vote. 94.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Cyprus
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Rally won 19 of 56 seats with 33.6% of the vote; 94.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 1981.

  • Democratic Rally 19 +7 seats 33.6% +1.6 points
  • Democratic Party 16 +8 seats 27.6% +8.2 points
  • Progressive Party of Working People 15 +3 seats 27.4% −5.3 points
  • EDEK Socialist Party 6 +3 seats 11.1% +2.9 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Cyprus 1981 legislative election, party by party.

29 of 56 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.6%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Rally

    Democratic Rally won 19 of 56 seats. A majority needs 29.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1981.

  3. 94.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.1 points on 1981.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Rally19+733.6+1.6107,223
Democratic Party16+827.6+8.288,322
Progressive Party of Working People15+327.4−5.387,628
EDEK Socialist Party6+311.1+2.935,371

± is the change against the Cyprus 1981 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Rally 107,223
  • Democratic Party 88,322
  • Progressive Party of Working People 87,628
  • EDEK Socialist Party 35,371

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

94.6% of the 346,454 registered voters cast a ballot (327,821 ballots), down 1.1 points on 1981. 319,467 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Rally33.6% of votes33.9% of seats
  • Democratic Party27.6% of votes28.6% of seats
  • Progressive Party of Working People27.4% of votes26.8% of seats
  • EDEK Socialist Party11.1% of votes10.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Democratic Rally led Democratic Party by 5.9 points of the vote.

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